Hello.
Just a heads up regarding the new BPF V4 instructions and their support
in the GNU Toolchain.
V4 sdiv/smod instructions
Binutils has been updated to use the V4 encoding of these
instructions, which used to be part of the xbpf testing dialect used
in GCC. GCC generates these instructions for signed division when
-mcpu=v4 or higher.
V4 sign-extending register move instructions
V4 signed load instructions
V4 byte swap instructions
Supported in assembler, disassembler and linker. GCC generates these
instructions when -mcpu=v4 or higher.
V4 32-bit unconditional jump instruction
Supported in assembler and disassembler. GCC doesn't generate that
instruction.
However, the assembler has been expanded in order to perform the
following relaxations when the disp16 field of a jump instruction is
known at assembly time, and is overflown, unless -mno-relax is
specified:
JA disp16 -> JAL disp32
Jxx disp16 -> Jxx +1; JA +1; JAL disp32
Where Jxx is one of the conditional jump instructions such as jeq,
jlt, etc.
So I think we are done with this. Please let us know if these
instructions ever change.
Relevant binutils bugzillas (all now resolved as fixed):
* Make use of long range calls by relaxation (jal/gotol):
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30690
Relevant GCC bugzillas (all now resolved as fixed):
* Make use of signed-load instructions:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110782
* Make use of signed division/modulus:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110783
* Make use of signed mov instructions:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110784
* Make use of byte swap instructions:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110786
Salud!
